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Forbes features an interview with The Asia Foundation’s Senior Director of International Relations Programs John Brandon and the Southeast Asia Chair of Asian Views on America’s Role in Asia Thitinan Pongsudhirak on the Foundation’s Asian Views on America’s Role in Asia report: A new report by the Asia Foundation cautions the President-elect that r… Read more

The Asia Foundation, a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives across a dynamic and developing Asia, announces the election of Stephanie Fahey to its Board of Trustees at its September 26, 2016 meeting. Dr. Fahey has 25 years experience in the Australian higher education sector having worked as both an academic… Read more

The Associated Press features The Asia Foundation’s 2016 Survey of the Afghan People. This has been picked up by over 150 outlets including, The Washington Post, ABC News, Fox News, Yahoo! News, and the San Francisco Chronicle: Afghans are increasingly uncertain about their future, less confident in their government and more pessimistic than before… Read more

Major public opinion poll reveals dissatisfaction with progress The national mood in Afghanistan is at a record low, and Afghans are pessimistic because of insecurity, corruption, and rising unemployment and slow job growth. At the same time, more Afghans, particularly rural Afghan men, now support women’s right to vote and women’s right to work ou… Read more

The Bangkok Post publishes a piece by The Asia Foundation’s Senior Director, International Relations Programs John J. Brandon on Thailand’s His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej: On Oct 13 when His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej passed away after his 70-year reign on the Chakri throne, I was attending a meeting with a group of Southeast Asia special… Read more

Starbucks Vietnam and The Asia Foundation today announced a one-year vocational training program in Hanoi to prepare young people from disadvantaged backgrounds for careers in Vietnam’s fast-growing food and beverage industry. The Starbucks Vocational Training program will engage 50 youth between the ages of 18 and 24, including those who have been… Read more

Columbia University features video and photos from The Asia Foundation’s Asian Views on America’s Role in Asia event on November 16, 2016 in New York: Video and photographs are now available from the November 16, 2016 event “Asian Views on America’s Role in Asia.”… The event was related to The Asia Foundation’s November 2016 report “Asian Views o… Read more

NPR cites The Asia Foundation’s research on Mongolia’s artisanal mining industry: A 2014 report by the San Francisco-based Asia Foundation estimated that one in five rural Mongolians — 100,000 people — are mining coal and gold on their own to make ends meet. Such mining is legal with the proper license, but Nalaikh’s abandoned mines are filled with… Read more

The Asia Foundation, in collaboration with the Sant Maral Foundation, today released findings of the seventh Study of Private Sector Perceptions of Corruption (STOPP). The survey is an integral part of the Strengthening Democratic Participation and Transparency in the Public Sector in Mongolia (STEPS) project funded by Global Affairs Canada and imp… Read more

9:30 am – 11:30 am Registration begins at 9:00 am United States Institute of Peace 2301 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 20037 The Asia Foundation, in partnership with the U.S. Institute of Peace, is pleased to invite you to a presentation of the findings of the 2016 Survey of the Afghan People. Crucial questions of security, economic stability… Read more